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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10104, 11 October 1917, Page 6

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• AUCTION SALES. Mounsey amt Co. will hold an unreserved ' c-lcaring’ Scii<? of household furniture and efl'ecUs on Wednesday next, at. 1 o’clock, on behalf of .Mr J. Gavin, 47 Fitxherbcrfc street. A preliminary notice appears in our auction columns. MR J, FRASER’S SALE. Mounsey and Co., favoured with iustruc-; tions front Mr -J. Fraser, will sell on the premises, 24 Morris street, the whole of the household furniture and cfleets therein eon- J tained. A full list appears on page 8, and ; inehules a Chesterfield (touch, leather dining , room suites, dining room chairs, carpet, squares, dining- table, sideboard. Singer, sewing machine, pictures, mirrors, 3-piece j bedroom suite, household linen, carpet run- ; ner, linen press, electroplate, wringer, cr<>- j quefc set, carpenter’t> tools, laying fowls, etc. i The whole will be sold without reserve tee morrow at I o clock. IMPORTANT SALE OF STOCK. j A special cattle side rs announced to be held at the Waipukurau yards on Tuesday next, at noon, by the Hawke’s Ray Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd. ’I lie list includes various lines of station cattle, heifers, bullocks, forward cows, steers, etc., on behalf of well-known breeders, and the lirm strongly recommend the stock to buyers, its the animals are all in good condition. For' further particulars see page 8. STOCK MARKET. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: 'I he first annual bull fair conducted by the associated auctioneers at Palmerston North was held on the 10th in.st. There was a verv large and representative attendance, hovers being u resent from the Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington, and Wairarapa distrk'ts. Oiu entry consisted of over 120 bulls, of various breeds, Shorthorns predominating. There was an excellent demand, and the hulk of our entry changed hands, good prices being obtained for sires of good quality. Air Win. Gibson, Kiwitea, topped the market with a 15-month Shorthorn, which brought 43 guineas, a six-year-old Shorthorn, the property of the same vendor, sold at 40gns; three Shorthorns, on account of the estate of the late Jno. Davis, Koputaroa, brought 30gns, t 35gns, ami 30gus respectively; :i tour-year-old Shorthorn, on account ol Mr ■!. Link lab-r. was knocked down at 32gns; a year- , ling Shorthorn, on account of Mr Win. ' Pearce. Rangiotu. made 23gns; a line of 20-month grade Shorthorns, in rather low j coudilion. sold on account of Mr G. 1. I Keeble, brought- from 12 to 18gns; two Ji'Vseys, cm .recount ol Mr A. Ruchanan, sold at 11 and 14g ns; two yearling Shorthorns, bred-by Mr F. J. Roddy; brought 35gn.s and 40{.gns respectively. A ootiple of Ilolst-eijis, on account of Mr \\. Remnant, brought 25gns and Isgns: a line ol yearlings to 2-year-old Jerseys, on account of Mr S. R. Lancaster, brought from 12gns to 15gns. On account of other vendors, grade Shorthorns brouglit from 13gns to 20gns, Ilolsteitis 12gns to ITigns, and Jerseys llglls to Ifigns. “ ;